/ck/ - Food & Cooking

>grams
>suddenly expected to use a scale just for a minor recipe instead of using volume measurement

>>13091086
Needs everything weighed for her in units of 10 because she is in 7th grade.

>>13091086
>>13091098
>too retarded to use a recipe because it uses a different measurement system

>>13091098
what is a cup of brocolli? Do I cut it down and pack the cup? do I just put as many brocolli that naturally fit in the cup?

>>13091135
In what application do you need a precise amount of broccoli? Why can't you just judge the amount you need based on the recipe?

>>13091141
Why write down a recipe at all then?

>>13091143
Because recipes have always been loose guidelines open to interpretation. I understand you have autism, but normal people are able to judge things in the moment based on whether you need a precise measurement and when a 'rough amount' will suffice.

>>13091141
kys

>>13091148
the difference between a scoop of brocolli and a cut down compacted cup of brocolli could easily be a factor of 2

>>13091141
not him but let's say it's for something like a pie stuffing. where it'll reduce and you'll end up with not enough pie stuffing in the end, if you use the wrong amount.

Why are American recipes so dumb?

A cup of huh?
A stick of butter? How big is a stick?
What is a fluid oz, and why is it different from an oz? What is a cup of broclli? so I google it

>The following nutrition information is provided by the USDA for one cup (91g) of raw chopped broccoli.
>A serving of raw broccoli is 1/2 cup or 36 grams

WHAT THE FUCK THESE ARE DIFFERENT NUMBERS

Literally you cannot defend this unless you're braindead. And don't tell me about ratios, you can use ratios without dumb cups and shit

>>13091168
i was mad about the butter thing until i saw what american butter wrappers look like. it makes sense in their context

i think one 250g stick of butter is 2 cups. and one cup is 125 g obviously. idk why those measurements you found don't add up. that's fucking retarded

>not eyeballing

ITT: Cooklets

>>13091168
I'm using a italian cookbook atm that describes ingredients proportional to the main ingredient, "1 fine onion and equal parts carrot and celery" "enough milk to saturate a slice of bread", a lot easier than american shit where you have to consult a index of random items and have at least 3 sets of imperial volume and weight apparatus.

>>13091122
>completely ignore his point that weight measurements are inconvenient for quick and simple recipes

>>13091122
Speak for yourself, frogposter.

>>13091215
i made truffles the other evening. it was fairly quick and simple but i don't think i could have done it without measurements

>>13091215
>pressing a button on a scale is too inconvenient
Why even cook at all then?

>>13091252
>grabbing tbsp. since you're going to need a spoon regardless

>>13091271
Not one of my spoons even come close to a tbsp or tsp, I have tiny flat ones, medium egg shaped and giant round ones you can barely fit in your mouth. Why are there so many different sizes?

We all can agree that ameica's measurement system is dumb and makes everything more complicated. In cooking or in science.
They just want to feel special, but then again, america in general is retarded.

>>13091365
>Why are there so many different sizes?
are you retarded?

>>13091410
ITT: europeons brag about their superior intellect and base ten system while ignoring the irony of being to dumb to handle fraction

>>13091430
not him but i think you might be homie

>>13091430
Unless you're a baker or an autistic chef or just learning to cook, you only need a tablespoon and a teaspoon, a 1 /4 Cup and a full cup, and a scale for all your measuring needs.

>>13091459
you don't bake? you don't have to use all of them but why not have them since as you can see they stack so they take up no more room

>>13091514
I bake bread, but it's rough measurements for bread making.

>>13091528
>but it's rough measurements for bread making.
exactly, so why waste time with weight measurements and not just grab a tbsp

>>13091439
>Science all over the world use SI units
>americans are the only one using different measurements just for who the fuck knows why
>have to unnecessarily calcute their shitty units in SI units
>"hurr durr you're too dumb for it to understand. We are smarter because we can do mathematics with fractions unlike you"
Yes indeed, I cannot literally not understand why you dumbfucks use different measurements and over complicate everything especially in science where it absolutely makes zero sense.

Nice argument you got there.

I especially hate ounces because you never know which of the 4 possibles definitions it is, and sometime they specify fluid oucnes for stuff that isn't even a fluid.

>>13091605
this finally explains that eminem and d12 song 40 oz. i could never understand how 40 ounces could fit in a bottle

I seriously hope none of you guys live in red or green territory unironically

>>13091674
Canada should be reddish-green. We use both but don't harass the burgers as much.

>>13091582
They tried to eliminate imperial and switch us to metric but the retarded cuntservatives pitched a bitchfit screaming about it being a UN gombunist conspiracy to steal our precious bodily fluids.

>>13091161
And you should be able to tell what kind the recipe calls for if you aren't a complete retard.

>>13091582
>I cannot literally not understand
calm down buddy, you're seething so hard you're glitching

>>13091674
I unironically live in Myanmar but I don't see much evidence of them using measurements of any kind

>>13091168
A cup is a standardized volume measurement. Pretty much every kitchen has a set of cup fractionals (.25, .33,.50,.66,1.0 etc) and a set of Tablespoon fractionals. These are not as precise as a weight measurement, but for simple cooking they work just fine.
A stick of butter refers to the packaging that butter comes in. Almost every domestic butter producer uses the same standardized size of stick or at least marks the volumes of butter on the package.

>>13091674
Imperial is unironically the better system. Seethe all you want to but even you know it is true.

>>13091690
top kek, do you have a link to an article or something where i can read more about this?

>>13091713
explain how is it better

>>13091690
metric sucks for human scale, its great for engineering and most American know and use both where appropriate. But jumping from centimeters to meters is retarded, feet and inches are just better for human scale and Celsius is imprecise

>>13091738
>This is what 56% mutts actually believe

>>13091738
tell me about any situation where centimeters are too small and meters too big to use (and I may recommend you using decimeters)
also, how the fuck is Celsius imprecise???

>>13091721
Victorian Britain the USA, the world’s most successful scientific, industrial and economic powers, both conquered the world with customary measurements. So your 'muh science' argument is gay, retarded and wrong. Go listen to the lunar module descent to the moon's surface. Buzz, Lance, and the other guy are measuring the distance in feet. Seethe.

>>13091757
Death camps are measured in meters, liberation (and the cocks that fucked your grandmother) are measured in inches.

>>13091757
>tell me about any situation where centimeters are too small and meters too big
human height

>>13091763
yep, because they couldn't quickly convert to any more suitable unit :^)

>>13091779
how comes? I am 186 cm tall, would it be better to state it in decimal numbers or combination of 2 units?

>>13091779
>I'm 5' 11
>I'm 1,8m
or
>I'm 180cm
You must be a special kind of brainlet to have trouble with that.

>>13091763
Conquered the world DESPITE using retarded units, not THANKS to them.

>>13091791
In this instance unit doesn’t matter, just call yourself what you are, a Manlet.>>13091791

>>13091804
is this supposed to be funny or trolling or what?

>>13091821
ah I got it, just avoiding question

>>13091763
Eurocucks blown the fuck out by Armstrong, Buzz and Eagle at Tranquility Base. The seethe is eternal. Gallons of salty tears harvested.

>>13091821
Can’t hear you pip squeak

>>13091763
By the way it was Neil Armstrong, not Lance Armstrong, but that is actually really funny that you called him Lance.